The Rutherford County Sheriff's Department has released a full dash-cam video of the incident.

"So far we have found that A.J. [Ross] has done no wrongdoing," Arnold said.

Arnold
said Ross' response to Kalbaugh was completely appropriate and in
accordance with the force continuum, the system officers use to gauge
the best reaction escalation to a situation.

Arnold said
Kalbaugh has told them he would not file any complaint against Ross and
denied the RCSO's request for his full video.

At a checkpoint, officers need to be able to smell the driver's breath, see pupils, and hear slurred speech, the sheriff said.

He described Kalbaugh's video as "one-sided" and said it is damaging to the fragile public trust.

"I
still encourage [Kalbaugh] to put out the unedited version," Arnold
said. "According to Deputy Ross, when he found the camera, he picked it
up and he points it right there and says, "This is why the dog alerted
on your car, these are marijuana grainlets."

Years ago, Arnold said, he was active in the local Libertarian party and said he finds the backlash "ironic."